Re: FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity,

On 18 January 2012 17:06, Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
>> hackers@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Julian Elischer
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 10:56 AM
>> To: Mark Felder
>> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
>> Subject: Re: FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity, and lif=
ecycle
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>> Where I used to work (Devin Teske is now there) =C2=A0we used to use the=
 'stable'
>> branch and rolll our own releases.
>> the criticality of those systems was hard to over-emphasize. In 2005 we =
worked
>> out we processed 1.5 trillion dollars of transactions on those systems.
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> Got new stats. In 2011 we ran $1.61T USD through FreeBSD.
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> Separately, we ran another $0.05T USD through Linux in the same year.
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> Kinda says something about, doesn't it?

Sorry to burst your bubble but this is utterly meaningless statistic.
You show nothing but correlation and in no way a causation. Back in
the days when the UK banks ran ATMs, &c on Windows NT (I have no idea
what they are running now) they went through a lot more "value" than
that---means absolutely nothing...

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Igor M.
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